The Fair Share Report

23 Brainerd Rd

Summit, NJ 07976

The town corrects for market drift once a year — but only on average. This report measures whether this house drifted with the herd or away from it.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $2,002,032

Likely range $1,888,885 – $2,662,456, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

30.81%

The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $2,002,032 home should be assessed near $616,826.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$476,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $140,226 below what the ratio math suggests (22.7%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Summit home

$4.470 per $100 assessed

$2.335 Schools · 52% $1.092 County · 24% $1.043 Town · 23%

Summit also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $4.654 per $100 all-in (+$0.184).

Step 5 · The bill

$21,309/yr
Public schools$11,131
Union County$5,206
Town of Summit$4,972
Summit average$19,697

This home vs. every recent Summit sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 26.5%
This home · 23.8%

12%41%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Summit's normal band. The drift hasn't singled it out — no case for a tax appeal.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
37 WADE DR2025-12$2,151,0002,55228.1%
126 WEST END AVE2025-08$1,975,0002,92526.4%
12 ARDEN PL2025-09$2,800,0003,15129.3%
159 KENT PLACE BLVD2025-08$2,525,0003,53827.8%
3 DRUM HILL DRIVE2025-02$1,600,0002,90327.9%
13 HUNTLEY RD2025-03$1,390,0002,85027.3%
69 ELM ST2026-06$2,300,0002,84520.6%
49 NORWOOD AVE2026-05$2,500,0002,87621.3%
59 NEW ENGLAND AVE UNIT 52026-06$1,999,9992,29431.3%
59 NEW ENGLAND AVE UNIT 82025-05$2,195,0002,29430.3%
49 OAKLAND PL2025-12$1,852,0002,69130.1%
12-14 GLENSIDE AVE2026-02$990,0002,83826.2%

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